Magazine for razor blades



April 276, 1949- z. AUERBACH Y 2,468,612

MAGAZINE FOR RAZOR BLADES Original Filed April 7, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet lTE: 2 I /-9\9 408 INVENTOR.

Z EMACH Au ERBACH ATTORNEY April 1949 z. AUERBACH 2,468,612

MAGAZINE FOR RAZOR BLADES Original Filed April 7, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2l I 11a H9 [/8 INVENTOR.

Z EMACH Au ERBACH AT ORNEX Patented Apr. 26, 1949 UNITED STATh tATENTOFFICE 5 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in magazines safety razor blades.

This application is a division of Patent No. 2,327,388, issued August24, 1943.

Briefly, it is an object of my invention to provide for a magazine forrazor blades which is inexpensive to manufacture, simple in constructionand easy to manipulate.

More particularly, an object of my invention is to provide an improvedmagazine for doubleedged razor blades which provides for automaticallypositioning the blades and for fitting the blades into a razor and forretaining the blades in a central position within the magazine so thatthe cutting edges are out of contact with the magazine walls.

A further object of my invention is to provide a magazine fordouble-edged safety razor blades which will assure the feeding of asingle blade from the magazine into a razor.

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of my invention,reference is had to the following detailed description in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a side view of a magazine showing a razor head in positionupon same and showing the upper blade being fed into the razor andejecting the used blade from the razor.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the magazine shown in is a section taken throughline 3-3 of s lg. 2.

g. 4 is a front view of the magazine shown in i igs. 1, 2, and 3, withthe front wall removed.

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a modified doublesafety razor blademagazine.

6 is a longitudinal section of the magazine s--wn in Fig. 5.

'2' is a top view of the blade pusher in relaion to a blade with theblade partly broken away.

i 8 is a plan view of the blank of the magazine shown in Figs. and 6.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view showing the magazine shown in Fig. 5 inposition with a spreadable razor.

Referring to the drawings, Figs. 1-4, inclusive, numeral 99 is amagazine for double-edged razor blades comprising a bottom I00, sidesHit-4M, vertical members IfiZ-HJZ, flanges l[l3--Ill3 bent horizontallyfrom the channel members IllZ-IHZ, ribs IDA-I04 pressed into the flangesIIl3-I03, all of the above being fashioned from one piece of material.The front part of vertical members 532-482 is curved inwardly as shownat I05, and the front part of each flange HIS-403 is curved upwardly, asshown at I06. Between the sides iOI-ifll and IBZ-IUZ, there arelongitudinal channels I91. Between the sides IflI--IOI and bottom IIlIlthere is a stationary sloping back I08. At the front of magazine 99there is a vertical movable front wall H39 riding in grooves in sidesIll! and sloping in the same direction as the back i538 and parallelthereto. A spring IIl'I bent upward from the same material as bottom I00retains front wall i953 under upward pressure. The top of wall Hi9 has aflange III bent forward and small projection H2 bent rearwardly at thecenter. Bottom ltd has a spring H3 for retaining a stack of blades I Hiunder upward pressure. In order to use magazine 99 in connection with arazor, the razor head is placed with the head downward upon flange HIand pressed down. This causes the front wall It!) to descend at the sametime causing small projection I I2 to depress the stack of blades I Mwith the exception of the uppermost blade lib. As the razor head is thuspressed downward upon flange I I I, it is also -aoved horizontally intothe magazine 99. The guards of the razor enter channels I0'I-I0'Ibecause of the inwardly curved members shown at which causes the splitrazor head 50 to spread gradually since the distance between channelsililllll is greater than the distance between the guards of the razor.The platform of the razor enters the space between the long ribsset-act. The downward movement of the front wall M9 creates a clearancefor the entrance of the cap of the razor, leaving the uppermost blade H5ready to contact the used blade H6 in the razor head. As the razor headis moved into the magazine 99, the uppermost blade H5 contacts the usedblade lit in the razor head and ejects it. while the uppermost blade II5 enters the razor head.

Upon withdrawing the razor from the magazine 99, the razor headcontracts and automatically positions the blade firmly in the razor headready for use. The blade below blade I I5 which is now within the razorbecomes the top blade and is retained by projection H2 and rests againstribs l under upward pressure.

Spring l I3 is attached to the bottom IOU of the magazine so that itconstantly maintains upward pressure upon the stack of blades II4, sothat the uppermost blade is always in position to be fed into the razorin the manner aforesaid. It should be noticed that the stack of bladesH4 is stepped by the angular position of the front and rear walls I09and H38, respectively.

The stack of blades I It is retained in the magazine by the upwardpressure of the spring so that the cutting edges of the blades do not atany time contact the side walls IllI-III of the magazine since themagazine is much wider than the blades. When the razor head enters themagazine, the razor head is spread apart so that the cutting edges ofthe blade are not marred upon entrance into the razor head. When therazor head is removed from the magazine, the razor head contractsgripping and positioning the blade in shaving position.

Referring to Figs. 5 to 8, inclusive, numeral IIB represents a modifiedmagazine for doubleedged razor blades, comprising a bottom II'I, sidesII8-II8, a back H9, a front I2il, a top I2I and a vertical tongue I22located in the center of front I20. Front I20 has a horizontal openingI23 near the top I2I. Top I2I has a longitudinal opening I24 along thelongitudinal medial line. Finger piece I25 attached to pusher I26through the opening I24 slides along the top I2 I. A spring I36 isattached to the bottom II! on the inside of the magazine to hold a stackof blades I35 under upward pressure. The uppermost blade I21 of thestack of blades I35 fits within the recess I28 of pusher I26, whileextensions I29I29 embrace the uppermost blade I21 to assure movement ofblade I21 along the medial line of the magazine, preventing the cuttingedges from touching the inside walls of sides II 8I I8.

When the vertical tongue E22 of the magazine shown in Fig. 5 isprojected between the flanges of the spreadable razor, shown in Fig. 9,the complementary parts of the blade platform of the razor are forcedaway from each other to an extent whereby the'distance between the pairof abutments On one plate and the pair of abutments on the other plateis greater than the width of the blade to be used in the razor, so thata blade can be ejected into the blade confining space without hindrancefrom the abutments. When the vertical tongue I22 is withdrawn, thecomplementary parts come together causing the blade to be grippedbetween the opposin pair of abutments and, therefore, rigidly held inposition for shaving.

Referring to Fig. 8, numeral I36 is a blank for the upper part of themagazine shown in Figs, 5 and 6 comprising the back H9, sides iiii-i l8,front mil-Q28, tongue I22, top I21 and cutouts i'S'I to form opening I24shown in Fig. 5. Top portions I2I are cut horizontally at and verticallyat I33 adjacent the back lit and extend to the center of back II9forming an extension beyond' the back. Top IZI is bent at Hi l which isslightly above sides Ii8il8 to form front opening I 23 and rear openingI35.

It is obvious that various changes and modiflcations may be made in thedetails of construction without departing from the general spirit of theinvention, as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A magazine for inserting a double-edged razor blade into a split headrazor, opposed channels upon said magazine, curved members, opposedflanges bent horizontally from said channels leaving an opening betweensaid flanges, inwardly curved vertical opposed members, longitudinaldepressed ribs in said flanges extending a short distance from the frontand rear ends of said flanges to create a space between said flanges andthe uppermost blade in said magazine, a sloped back for staggering saidblades, 2. vertically movable front parallel to said back, and a springfor maintaining said front under upward pressure.

2. A magazine for inserting a double-edged razor blade into a split headrazor, opposed channels upon said magazine, curved members, 0pposedflanges bent horizontally from said channels leaving an opening betweensaid flanges, inwardly curved vertical opposed members, longitudinaldepressed ribs in said flanges extending a short distance from the frontand rear ends of said flanges to create a space between said flanges andthe uppermost blade in said magazine, a sloped back for staggering saidblades, a vertically movable front parallel to said back, a spring formaintaining said front under upward pressure, and a platform projectingoutwardly from said front wall to depress said front wall.

3. A magazine for inserting a double-edged razor blade into a split headrazor, opposed channels upon said magazine, curved members, 0pposedflanges bent horizontally from said channels leaving an opening betweensaid flanges, inwardly curved vertical opposed members, longitudinaldepressed ribs in said flanges extending a short distance from the frontand rear ends of said flanges to create a space between said flanges andthe uppermost blade in said magazine, a s o back, a vertically movablefront parallel to d a spring for maintaining said front under upwardpressure, a platform projecting outwardly from said front wall todepress said iron wall, and a flnger projecting inwardly from said frontwall for singly fingering blades withinsaid magazine.

4. A magazine for inserting a double-edged razor blade into a split headrazor, opposed channels upon said magazines, curved members, opposedflanges bent horizontally from said channels leaving an opening betweensaid flanges, inwardly curved vertical opposed members, longitudin aldepressed ribs in said flanges extending a short distance from the frontand rear ends of flanges to create a space between said flanges and theuppermost blade in said magazine, a sloped back, a vertically movablefront parallel to said back, a spring for maintaining said front underupward pressure, a platform projecting outwardly from said front wall todepress said front wall, a finger projecting inwardly from said frontwall for singly fingering blades within said magazine, and a springwithin said magazine for retaining a stack of blades under upwardpressure.

5. A magazine for double edged razor blades comprising a bottom, opposedsides, a sloped back for staggering said blades, top longitudinal ridgesforming longitudinal channels beneath said ridges, opposed flangesextending horizontally from said ridges, said flanges having frontrounded edges, a longitudinal opening between said flanges, depressedlongitudinal ribs along the center of said flanges spaced a shortdistance from the front and rear of said flanges, a front for saidmagazine, a vertically movable tongue at the front of said magazine, aninward projection from said tongue slightly below said flanges forsingly releasing blades, and a spring at the bottom of said magazine formaintaining an upward pressure upon said blades.

ZEMACH AUERBACH'.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of, record in the. flle ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,065,748 Rodrigues Dec. 29, 19362,202,468 Rodrigues May 28; 194.0 2,305,600 Benjamin Dec. 22, 19422,312,453 Testi Mar. 2, 1943

